Q. The way the leaderboard was constantly bobbing all day, were you monitoring during the course of the round?
JOHN ROLLINS: Yeah, I keep my eyes on it. I don't die to look at the leaderboard and I don't have to know everything that's going on. But when I come by, I'll glance at it to see if anybody is making a lot of birdies and running away, or if people are going backwards or just kind of what's going on.
I tried to just stay in my game and worry about what I was doing and hit the best shots that I could, but, yes, I did glance at leaderboards from time to time.
Q. How well do you know Jonathan personally and what do you know about his game?
JOHN ROLLINS: I know Jonathan pretty well. Obviously he's got a great game. He's been out here, I don't know how many years now, but he's been out here for a fair share of years. You know, he has not ever broken through till today, but he's a great player. He's had a bunch of really good seasons out here. He's just a very steady player and his name has been up there a bunch of times. It just hasn't worked out for him. But this week was his, week and I think you're going to still see a lot more from him because he is a good player.
Q. You had a good year last year, Top-30, second today; do you feel like your career is progressing on schedule? Are you where you want to be? Are you ahead of schedule or what do you think you are?
JOHN ROLLINS: I'd like to be doing a little better. But I'm not unhappy at all with the way I've been playing for the last two years or year and a half or however long it's been. But I'm very, very pleased with the way things are going and I just -- I'm a pretty quiet person and people really don't know much about me and don't really know who I am. Sometimes that kind of wears on you, but at the same time it's kind of fun because you can go out and do your business and finish up and have a great tournament and go on the next week and do the same. So, it's been a fun ride.
17, I hit driver off the tee and had 106 yards to the hole and hit a little knock-down pitching wedge to probably eight feet or so, just right of the hole and made that.
Then 18, I hit a drive down the fairway, knocked a 3-wood just off the right edge of the green and ended up 2-putting for birdie. Made about a 6-footer or so for birdie in regulation.
JOEL SCHUCHMANN: You said you were in the rough on your drive in the playoff and then you had 260 to the hole. What did you hit?
JOHN ROLLINS: I hit a 7-iron just under the trees to get it back in play and to get it back to a number that I wanted and actually hit it further than I thought I would, but still had a decent number and hit a decent shot. Unfortunately, missed a 10- or 12-footer.
Q. Your approach on the playoff before you even teed off, did you have a different mindset, did you think you had to have a birdie or eagle for sure?
JOHN ROLLINS: I figured I'd have to have a birdie, at least to keep the playoff going, because it's reachable, and all you have to do is put it in the fairway and you're going to knock it up on the green. These guys out here are so good that if you do that, chances are you are going to make birdie more times than not. I knew I had to make a birdie, at least, but to know that you have to make an eagle just to extend it, that's tough to do.
JOEL SCHUCHMANN: Thank you very much.
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